Beliefs, Practices and Integration of borderland knowledge: A Study of Mah?vaipulya- mah?samnip?ta s?tra under the view of Intellectual History

This project will concentrate on the 60 volumes Chinese translation Mah?samnip?ta s?tra , examine the quotation and annotation of this scriptures from the later works. With the interdisciplinary research methods including Buddhist philosophy, philology, ancient medicine, history, astronomy and geography , I will put this s?tra under the perspective of intellectual history and conduct a study on the Buddhist beliefs, practices and mutual integration of borderland knowledge in Medieval China.

I will collect the domestic and foreign research literature on Mah?samnip?ta s?tra ,Indian astronomy, astrology, medicine and geography, and have a preliminary combing of those documents. Meanwhile, at the help of both home and host Supervisors. I will finish a 2-3.0000 words’ paper on Mahayana beliefs in the mah?samnip?ta s?tra , which is just a part of the whole project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jinhua Chen

Student:

Partner:

East China Normal University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program: